diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_system_cache.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_system_cache.ini
index 16487999fcae3..4e72105a3ea78 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_system_cache.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_system_cache.ini
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 
 PLG_CACHE_FIELD_BROWSERCACHE_DESC="If yes, use mechanism for storing page cache in the browser."
 PLG_CACHE_FIELD_BROWSERCACHE_LABEL="Use Browser Caching"
-PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_DESC="Specify which pages you wish to exclude from caching, each on a separate line. Regular expressions are supported."
+PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_DESC="Specify which pages you want to exclude from caching, each on a separate line. Regular expressions are supported."
 PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_LABEL="Exclude Pages"
+PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_MENU_ITEMS_DESC="Select which menu items you want to exclude from caching."
+PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_MENU_ITEMS_LABEL="Exclude Menu Items"
 PLG_CACHE_FIELD_LIFETIME_DESC="Page cache lifetime in minutes."
 PLG_CACHE_FIELD_LIFETIME_LABEL="Cache Lifetime"
 PLG_CACHE_XML_DESCRIPTION="Provides page caching."
diff --git a/plugins/system/cache/cache.php b/plugins/system/cache/cache.php
index 14399c7cfabf1..f80ad16362614 100644
--- a/plugins/system/cache/cache.php
+++ b/plugins/system/cache/cache.php
@@ -121,7 +121,21 @@ public function onAfterRender()
 	}
 
 	protected function isExcluded() {
-		if ($exclusions = $this->params->get('exclude', '')) {
+		// Check if menu items have been excluded
+		if ($exclusions = $this->params->get('exclude_menu_items', array()))
+		{
+			// Get the current menu item
+			$active = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu()->getActive();
+			
+			if ($active && $active->id && in_array($active->id, (array) $exclusions))
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Check if regular expressions are being used
+		if ($exclusions = $this->params->get('exclude', ''))
+		{
 			// Normalize line endings
 			$exclusions = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $exclusions);
 
@@ -132,11 +146,15 @@ protected function isExcluded() {
 			$path = JUri::getInstance()->toString(array('path', 'query', 'fragment'));
 
 			// Loop through each pattern
-			if ($exclusions) {
-				foreach ($exclusions as $exclusion) {
+			if ($exclusions)
+			{
+				foreach ($exclusions as $exclusion)
+				{
 					// Make sure the exclusion has some content
-					if (strlen($exclusion)) {
-						if (preg_match('/'.$exclusion.'/is', $path, $match)) {
+					if (strlen($exclusion))
+					{
+						if (preg_match('/'.$exclusion.'/is', $path, $match))
+						{
 							return true;
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/plugins/system/cache/cache.xml b/plugins/system/cache/cache.xml
index e7ffe9d53fe5c..8de72cd7bec76 100644
--- a/plugins/system/cache/cache.xml
+++ b/plugins/system/cache/cache.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 				<option value="1">JYES</option>
 				<option value="0">JNO</option>
 			</field>
+			<field name="exclude_menu_items" type="menuitem"
+				default=""
+				multiple="multiple"
+				description="PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_MENU_ITEMS_DESC"
+				label="PLG_CACHE_FIELD_EXCLUDE_MENU_ITEMS_LABEL"
+			/>
+		</fieldset>
+		<fieldset name="advanced">
 			<field name="exclude" type="textarea"
 				filter="raw"
 				default=""